Practicing without professional liability insurance exposes nurses to preventable risks such as losing their licenses to practice nursing or paying out of pocket for an attorney. In this episode, Kathleen M. Kearney, JD, MSN, RN, CNE discusses the risks of practicing without professional liability insurance, how coverage can aid in some legal situations, and how nurses can obtain this coverage.

Alcohol use to cope with work-related stress is an increasing problem among nurses. In this episode, Jill Rathburn, a board-certified recovery coach and holistic health nurse, discusses alcohol use disorder (AUD) among nurses, stigma, and treatments. Read more about AUD in the July issue of Nursing2022. References 1. National nursing workforce study. NCSBN. Accessed January 10, 2022. https://www.ncsbn.org/workforce.htm#7313. 2. Pollard MS, Tucker JS, Green HD Jr. Changes in Adult Alcohol Use and Consequences During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(9):e2022942. Published 2020 Sep 1. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.22942. 3. Alcohol Facts and Statistics. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/brochures-and-fact-sheets/alcohol-facts-and-statistics. Published March 2022. Accessed June 10, 2022. 4. Pollard MS, Tucker JS, Green HD Jr. Changes in Adult Alcohol Use and Consequences During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(9):e2022942. Published 2020 Sep 1. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.22942.

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has published the Top 10 list of frequently reported medication errors and hazards for 2021: https://bit.ly/3LZ5pSR.

This episode delves into two key errors—COVID-19 vaccine-related errors and error reporting—and the implications of criminalizing medication errors on promoting a culture of safety in healthcare.

Learn about non-pharmacologic approaches to pain management from Amy Siple, APRN, FNP, GS-C. Amy will be presenting on this topic at Lippincott's Virtual Nursing Event in June. Register HERE.

In this episode, Julie Strunk, PhD, RN, FAAN, Christine Argenbright, PhD, RN, CNL, and Erika Metzler Sawin, PhD, FNP-BC, discuss an article they co-authored with Melissa Leisen, MSN, RN, Tammy Kiser, DNP, RN, and Laureen Donovan, PhD, RN. Their article, entitled "Using simulation to educate students about the culture of disability," described a simulation activity to help nursing students in the delivery of culturally competent care to patients with disabilities.

In this episode, Nursing2021 sits down with editor-in-chief Linda Laskowski-Jones, MS, APRN, ACNS-BC, CEN, NEA-BC, FAWM, FAAN, to discuss how nurses can get involved to advocate for the nursing profession and make their voices heard both within their organizations and at the policy level. We talk about what "using your voice" and "having a seat at the table" really mean in this context, the role of the COVID-19 pandemic in exposing some problems within nursing, how nurses can start to elevate their voices, the role of professional nursing organizations in all of this, and more.

In this episode, Kristin Ospina, MSN, RN, CCRN, PCCN-K, nursing director for critical care at Morristown Medical Center in Morristown, N.J., and recent Nursing2021 contributor, discusses an article in the April edition that she co-authored with Mary Beth Leaton, MS, RN, APN, CCRN, AND, entitled, "Caring for critically ill patients with COVID-19." The article, which can be found at www.nursing2021.com, discusses some key guiding principles their facility used to adapt and safely care for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this episode, Nursing2021 sits down with Dr. Cheryl Dumont, PhD, RN, CRNI, NEA-BC, to discuss clinical simulation and the move to virtual simulation in clinical education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Dumont walks us through the history of clinical simulation and how in-person simulation is done, how her institution transitioned to virtual simulation during the COVID-19 pandemic, and what the move to virtual-only simulation over the last year might mean for the future of simulation in nursing education. This episode is sponsored by Rasmussen University. To learn more about our sponsor, please visit their website by using the following link: www.rasmussen.edu/NursingLeader.

In this episode, Uletha M. Jones, DNP, RN, CCRN, an assistant professor at SUNY Brockport with 24 years' experience in the United States Navy Nurse Corps and a recent Nursing2021 contributor, discusses the challenges of patient visitation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her recent article in the February issue of Nursing2021, referenced in this episode and titled, "Family-centered care with visitor limitations," can be found here.

In this episode, Anne Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN, Chief Nurse at Wolters Kluwer Health Learning, Research, and Practice, discusses the latest on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic; what frontline healthcare workers and healthcare systems are dealing with amid the latest surge in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths; COVID-19 skepticism; and the lessons to be learned from this pandemic. Anne Woods' recent post on the NursingCenter Blog, referenced in this episode and titled, "Don't believe the science and evidence? Just look at our faces," can be found here.